Speaking to this reporter in confidentiality, the former employee of a lodging located in the CBD of Bulawayo said the exercise which is predominantly done in Harare is slowly finding its way to most Bulawayo lodges and low class hotels. According...
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said Botswana now recognised the spirit as a geographical indication (GI). The move means only whisky that has been made in Scotland can legally be sold as Scotch in the country. SWA said the "legal breakthrough"...
The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the head of Kano's religious police, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, told the BBC. The trial was speedily done in secret after a section of the court was burnt down by angry protesters last month. It is...
But, according to Swiss newspaper Blick, Blatter told a party at a Fifa museum: "I did not resign. I put myself and my office in the hands of the Fifa congress." Blatter is thought to be considering standing for re-election as president. Two...
The so-called "S.T.EYE" condom is a conceptual design that changes color when it comes into contact with an STI such as chlamydia or syphilis. The idea is the brainchild of Muaz Nawaz, 13, Daanyaal Ali, 14, and Chirag Shah, 14, who attend the Isaac...
It invited the public prosecutor to investigate if the government had broken the law by letting him leave. He faced the possibility of arrest due to an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant on genocide charges. But he flew out of South Africa...
Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, and remanded in custody ahead of a court hearing on Thursday. He is accused of ordering massacres while head of military intelligence in the wake of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Louise...
About 10,000 dogs will be slaughtered for their meat at the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin in Guangxi province on Sunday and Monday to mark the summer solstice, state media said. One retired school teacher from Tianjin hit the headlines when...
The survivor was found unconscious in the undercarriage of the plane on Thursday morning having endured freezing temperatures over the 12,875km flight from Johannesburg to London. The body of the dead man was discovered an hour later on the roof of...
The 21-year-old - identified as Dylann Roof of Columbia, South Carolina - was arrested yesterday in North Carolina, a four-hour drive from the scene of the shooting, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The attack was described...
Attorney General Michael Lauber said the incidents had been reported by Swiss banks. He said his office was analysing a "huge amount" of seized Fifa data in its inquiry. The Swiss investigation is running in parallel to one being carried out by the...
A woman who was banned from selling plots on the Sun on eBay has won the right to take the auction site to court. Maria Duran has been claiming ownership of part of the star since 2010 when she threatened to bill solar power users. The 54-year-old...
The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court, which has charged him with the crimes. Mr Bashir was in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit. A news conference will be held in...
The Pretoria High Court will rule on whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) who have charged him with the crimes. President Bashir is in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit. He is accused of committing...
His girlfriend has reported that she is about four months' pregnant, and this showed that the "transplant worked", said Andre van der Merwe. The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched...
Lufthansa sent the coffins by cargo plane on Tuesday night from Marseille. Elmar Giemulla, a lawyer for some of the families, said the arrival of the remains would give relatives "closure". Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz is believed to have...
Adou Ouattara was said to be in a "terrible state" when he was found last month in a bag without air vents at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The boy's father was arrested for arranging his son to be smuggled, but is due to be released on...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed that both current and past employees had been affected. The breach could potentially affect every federal agency, officials said. US officials said the hackers were believed to be based in...
That's according to a source close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday -- one day after a 29-year-old woman from the United States was killed on a safari outside Johannesburg. A family member identified the...
The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping down from his role. US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group of 14 people indicted. Two...
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